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Background: Services during pregnancy are pregnancy health check-up services carried out by health workers, especially midwives or doctors for pregnant women which are carried out at least four times in pregnancy with details, namely one time gestational age 0-12 weeks, one time ANC gestational age 13-27 weeks and twice when the gestational age is 28-36 weeks. Based on the profile of K1 and K4 visits from 20 Public Health Centers in Bengkulu City, there are 3 Public Health Centers with K1 and K4 visits which are still low and have not reached the set targets and there is still a drop out where there is a decrease between K1 and K4 visits.Objectives: The study aims to knowing the influence of the empowerment of ANC the community health worker on the visit of ANC Pregnant Women in Bengkulu City Methods: This research uses a quasi-experimental method. The samples taken for the study were all pregnant women in Bengkulu City who were selected by purposive sampling. The sample consisted of 2 groups, namely the experimental group on pregnant women with the empowerment of ANC the community health worker and the ontrol group with counseling totaling 40 people. Data collection is carried out through data collection sheets and analyzed data with univariate and bivariate Data analysis used bivariate Results: The results of the study found that there was an Effect of Empowerment of ANC the community health worker on ANC visits to pregnant women in Bengkulu City in 2020Conclusions: The results Thisstudy was used as an alternative recommendation for increasing ANC visits

Background: Infant mortality remains high and is more common in the neonatal period. Causes of neonatal death include asphyxia, sepsis, infection and LBW(LBW) in preterm and term infants. One of the factors influencing the incidence of LBW is pre-eclampsia. This is because pre-eclampsia affects the utero-placental circulation so that it affects the delivery of nutrients to the fetus, resulting in fetal nutrient deprivation and intrauterine growth restriction. Objectives: This study aims to assess the relationship between pre-eclampsia and the incidence of LBW in the Mawar Room of Dr M. Yunus Bengkulu Hospital. Methods: This study used a case-control design. The sample was all babies born in M Yunus Hospital in the years 2019-2022.The case group were LBWbabies and the control group were normal birth weight babies. The total sample size was 128 with a ratio of 1:1. Samples were collected using purposive sampling with inclusion criteria of babies born alive with complete medical records. Data analysis in this study used univariate analysis to view frequency distribution, bivariate with chi-squared test and multivariate with logistic regression using SPPS software version 24. Results: The incidence of pre-eclampsia was 13.3%, 34% age at risk, parity 37.5% garande multipara, 4imipara and multipara and most (62.5%) had primary education 47.5%. There is an association of pre-eclampsia with the incidence of LBW. There is an association of age, parity and education with the incidence of LBW, but pre-eclampsia is the most dominant factor that is the most dominant risk variable that affects the incidence of LBW. Conclusions: There is an association between pre-eclampsia, age, parity and education with the incidence of LBW. Pre-eclampsia is the most dominant factor in the incidence of LBW.

Background: One of the government programs that focuses on the first 1000 days of life is exclusive breastfeeding for infants aged 0-6 months, but there is often a failure of exclusive breastfeeding at the age of 0-3 days due to pre-lactal feeding, so education during pregnancy is needed to improve the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women through KEKASIH (Small Group of Cadres with Pregnant Women) classes. Objectives: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of KEKASIH classes on knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women trimester III in remote areas of Enggano Island, Bengkulu Province in 2023.Methods: Quasi-experimental research design with pre- and post-test and control group. Intervention in the form of KEKASIH class, which is a modified class for pregnant women divided into small groups with cadres as facilitators. Independent variables were KEKASIH class, dependent variables were knowledge and attitude. External variables are age, parity, education, distance of pregnancy, employment. The sample was trimester III pregnant women a total of 50 people consisting of the treatrimesterent group is pregnant women in KEKASIH class, the control group is pregnant women who receive conventional health promotion.Results:The results of the study showed that there was a difference in the mean knowledge score before and after exclusive breastfeeding education through KEKASIH class from 27.36 to 49.04, p=0.00. There is no difference in the mean attitude score before and after exclusive breastfeeding education in the control group from 28.16 to 28.96 p=0.00.Conclusions: KEKASIH Class is more effective in improving mothers' knowledge and attitudes about exclusive breastfeeding with a value of p=00. Educational factors affect mothers' knowledge, but gestational distance and parity affect mothers' attitudes about exclusive breastfeeding.

Adolescence is a period of storm and stress, they may have various problems. The purpose of this community service is to empower adolescents to support health programs. The health promotion method is integrated with several materials to direct adolescents by providing knowledge or information they can convey health messages to the public, materials about seven Germas activities with material preparation, promoters and media in the form of posters, leaflets covering, physical exercise, the dangers of smoking, eating vegetables and fruit, environmental health and simulated latrines outreach to the community on the environment and some houses that do not have latrines and houses that have latrines but according to observations do not meet the health requirements. Number of teenagers in Sidorejo village: 64 people, boys 29 girls 35 people The number of active people coming 10 to 15 people, teenagers who smoke 12 people (41%) after implementation of quitting smoking as many as 2 people (16.6%) had high blood pressure 2 people (6.9%). The empowerment carried out has the hope that it will continue and can be applied to other villages in the form of the formation of a youth posyandu developed in all villages in order to help the government to convey health messages to adolescents in particular and the community in general for the health and prosperity of the people. Keywords : Youth Empowerment, Reproductive Health, and Implementation of GERMAS